2007 Season of "Music at the Museum "

During the 2007 season we are proposing 4 concerts.

As for each concert at the Gorsline Museum, entrance is free; if you wish to contribute, may it just reflect the extent of your appreciation. Come one and all, bring your family and friends!

Sunday 22nd of July at 6 p.m.

"Black and White American Musics"

John Graziano, Cécile Roovers & Charles Van Tassel

Accompanied at the piano by John Graziano of New York City, Charles Van Tassel (baritone) and Cecile Roovers (mezzo) will sing some very different music from what we have heard in previous years.

They are presenting a completely “American” program: spirituals harmonized in the style of Dvorak, Farwell's "Indian" music, Copland, some New York Jewish folklore, Gershwin's “folk opera” Porgy and Bess. Uppermost in that music is the love of melody, usually derived from Anglo/Celtic traditions, old time religion (black and white spirituals), and women poets (more present in American song than in some other musical traditions) such as Jane Bowles ("Farther from the heart") and Emily Dickinson (songs by Farwell and Copland). The public will appreciate the extreme style contrasts in the same period – Ives versus his more conventional contemporaries – the theme of poverty as the American nightmare: “Hard times, come again no more!”, “Zipperfly”, “I got plenty o'nuttin”.

American music is not only Broadway musicals but extremely varied and highly sophisticated art without being inaccessible: our program is easy to follow without being “easy listening”.  The songs were written over a period of somewhat more than 100 years, from before the Civil War (Heinrich, Foster) to the beginning of World War Two.

For the most part short, with a high “identifiable profile”, all of them have a pithy vitality, mirroring the culture they emerged from and fit in perfectly with the masterpieces at the Gorsline Museum.

Sunday 29th of July at 6 p.m.

Sonates du XVIIeme siècle européen

par "Les Tempéraments Baroques".

 
Jean Jacques Cericco & Gabrielle Varro

Lovers of the beautiful instrumental music of the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe will be enchanted with the evening offered by the Tempéraments Baroques. Each summer, the public at the Gorsline Museum is eager to discover or rediscover the well-and less well-known pieces of that brilliant and varied repertory in one of its multiple forms. This year, Music in the Museum is presenting two flautists, Nathalie RAGUIS and Marc GLADY , seconded by Jean-Jacques CERICCO on his baroque cello and Gabrielle VARRO at the harpsichord. They will interpret sonatas for one or two alto recorders by the greatest composers of the times, from the most famous (Vivaldi and Telemann), to some more obscure but just as marvelous composers such as Quantz, Corrette, and Sammartini. Besides works for one or two flute(s) and continuo, the ensemble will play a sonata for cello and continuo by Vivaldi and a suite for harpsichord by Froberger.

Saturday 4th of August at 8:30 p.m.:

La passion du tango argentin

"DUO BUENOS AIRES"

Eric Franceries & Jérémy Vannereau

Each year, Music in the Museum aims to present its public a new, or rather, as-yet-unheard (in the Museum) instrument; this year, it will be the bandonéon, played by Jérémy VANNEREAU in tamden with the exceptional guitarist, Eric FRANCERIES , whom we had the pleasure of welcoming and hearing last summer. The two musicians met in the year 2003, and found they had strong musical affinities and above all a passion for the Argentine tango. From there a natural duo was born, a dialogue mixing understanding, mutual respect and friendship … The Buenos Aires Duo means feeling the emotion, excitement, and communicative happiness of the two musicians, through a musical style that combines the Creole tradition and the cultural influences of various waves of immigrants. Wanting to share the fabulous wealth of that style with their public, the two artists plunge into the history of Tango, and give it its noblest interpretations.

Saturday 11th of August at 8:30 p.m.:

Jazz, Soul, Gospel, Impro

"The Flying Pancakes "

Nicolas Fabre & Mary Owen

The Flying Pancakes have landed in Bussy-le-Grand! That cute and funny name is first and foremost one of a great team! Mary Owen Jr., charming and lovely singer with a low, melodic voice, comes from Nigeria, speaks (and sings!) perfectly in French as well as in English; Nicolas Fabre , young madman at the piano, knows his standards and improvises, at the same time as he follows Mary's voice in its most sinuous and unexpected meanders. Their sports field is the music of black America, jazz, blues and soul, which they interpret like two accomplices with a good humor that is contagious: sometimes very private, sometimes lilting and rhythmic, their performance speaks to our senses and our imagination!